War of the First Coalition

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French Revolutionary War war

The War of the First Coalition was a major early phase of the French Revolutionary Wars in which several European monarchies formed an alliance to try to contain and defeat revolutionary France between 1792 and 1797.

Aliases (9)

War of the Pyrenees ×2
First Coalition ×1
German theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars ×1
Italian campaigns of 1796–1797 ×1
Italian theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars ×1
Rhine campaigns of 1792–1797 ×1
War of the First Coalition in Germany ×1
War of the First Coalition in Italy ×1
Wars of the First Coalition ×1

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French Revolutionary War → war →
belligerentAlliance	First Coalition →
chronologicalPredecessor	War of the Austrian Succession (indirectly in coalition warfare tradition) →
conflictType	coalition war → international war →
countryInvolved	Dutch Republic → France → Habsburg Monarchy → Holy Roman Empire → Kingdom of Great Britain → Kingdom of Naples → Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia → Kingdom of Prussia → Kingdom of Sardinia → Kingdom of Spain → Portuguese Empire →
endTime	1797 →
followedBy	War of the Second Coalition →
goal	containment of revolutionary France → restoration of the French monarchy →
hasCause	Brunswick Manifesto → French Revolution → French declaration of war on Austria in April 1792 → execution of Louis XVI → fear of revolutionary ideas spreading in Europe →
hasPart	Flanders Campaign → Italian campaigns of 1796–1797 → Rhine campaigns of 1792–1797 → War in the Vendée (external dimension) → War of the First Coalition in Germany → War of the First Coalition in Italy → War of the First Coalition in the Low Countries → War of the Pyrenees →
historicalPeriod	late 18th century →
location	Europe →
notableCommander	Archduke Charles of Austria → Charles François Dumouriez → Duke of Brunswick → François Kellermann → Jean Victor Marie Moreau → Jean-Baptiste Jourdan → Lazare Carnot → Lazare Hoche → Napoleon Bonaparte → Prince Coburg of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld →
opponent	First French Republic → King Louis XVI of France →
partOf	French Revolutionary Wars →
precededBy	French Revolutionary insurrections of 1792 →
relatedEvent	Reign of Terror → establishment of the First French Republic → execution of Louis XVI → rise of Napoleon Bonaparte →
result	French annexation of the Austrian Netherlands → French control over the left bank of the Rhine → French victory → collapse of the First Coalition → creation of French client republics in Italy → strengthening of the First French Republic →
significantBattle	Battle of Arcole → Battle of Fleurus (1794) → Battle of Hondschoote → Battle of Jemappes → Battle of Lodi → Battle of Neerwinden (1793) → Battle of Rivoli → Battle of Tourcoing → Battle of Valmy → Battle of Wattignies → Battle of the Pyrenees → Siege of Toulon →
startTime	1792 →
temporalContext	French Revolutionary era →
treaty	Treaty of Basel (1795) → Treaty of Campo Formio → Treaty of San Ildefonso (1796) → Treaty of The Hague (1795) →

Referenced by (36)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Armies of the French Revolution and Empire → Battle of Fleurus (1794) → Battle of Valmy → Directory (France) → French Directory → Preliminaries of Leoben →	conflict
War of the First Coalition ("Rhine campaigns of 1792–1797") → War of the First Coalition ("War of the Pyrenees") → War of the First Coalition ("War of the First Coalition in Germany") → War of the First Coalition ("War of the First Coalition in Italy") →	hasPart
Battle of Camperdown → Battle of Cape St Vincent → Battle of Jemappes → siege of Grave (1794) →	partOf
Legislative Assembly (France) → Treaty of The Hague (1795) →	conflictContext
Treaty of Campo Formio → Treaty of Campo Formio ("Italian campaigns of 1796–1797") →	endedConflict
Treaty of Basel (1795) → War of the Second Coalition →	follows
Alexandre de Beauharnais → André Masséna →	participantIn
Jacques François Dugommier ("War of the Pyrenees") → Lazare Carnot →	participatedIn
Battle of Hohenlinden ("German theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars") → Battle of Marengo ("Italian theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars") →	theatre
First Coalition →	alsoKnownAs
Siege of Toulon →	conflictIn
Reign of Terror →	context
French First Republic →	event
France and Austria →	historicalConflict
French Republican Army of the Alps ("Wars of the First Coalition") →	historicalContext
Directory →	historicalPeriod
French National Convention →	oversaw
Second Coalition ("First Coalition") →	precededBy
Treaty of San Ildefonso (1796) →	relatedConflict